Water-motor.



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7 WATER MOTOR." APPLICATION FILED 1uu r20. 1915.

l Patented Jul 1916.

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Be it known that I, CHARLEs'T. CUSTER,

a citizen of tllQ UlIilSQCliStfltQQ residing at Pasco in the county of Franklin, State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in" ater-lvlotors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will'enable' others skilled in the, art to which it appertains tof make and use the same. I i

This invention relates to a water motor] which 1s adapted to be operated by means tional view of my device; Fig. 2 is a verti-' cal longitudinalsectional view; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the rotor.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters wherein like parts are indicated by like characters throughout the several.

views: In the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawing I have illustrated a float 1, from one end of which depends a bearing member 2 and from the other [end of which a tubular casing 3 depends. This casing extends above the upper surface of the float 1 and is supported a brace l. The lower end of this casing 3 is provided with a bearing .member "'5. -Revolubl v mounted in the bearing members 2 and 5 is a shaft (5 on which is secured a pulley 7 which pulley is located within the casing 3. The upper end of the casing 3 is provided with a hearing 8 in which a pulley 9 similar to the pulley 7 is mounted, being supported bva shaft 10. A belt 11 passes over these pulleys 7 and 9 and a relatively larger pullev 12 is secured to the shaft 10; Thus it will be seen that upon the rotation-0f the shaft 6, the pulley 12 will be set in motion and the power may be transmitted tl'ierefrom for any suitable purpose. In order that. this shaft 6 mav he set in motion bv 1 I wen-Wm jf' asses of we "Applicants: filed .m ac', 191-5]. Serial No. 40,942.

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the e'uiizij'ent of astream, I have mountedv a rotor thereon which consists of aitop;shaped corehav-ing .a trusto-conical portion and a hemisphericalportion.v This core is spaced from the bearing member 2 by "means of a sleeve 13 which is held in place upon the shaft by a nut 1%. ,A' plate 15 is firmly attached to the hemispherical portion of the core and is secured to the shaft. EXtendQf mg outwardly trom this plate is a pair of arms 16 and 17 which are bent to extend in opposite acute angular relationship throi'igh the shaft 6 as clearly illustrated in Fig; 4 of the drawing.

the core of the rotor and is secured between the end of the core and the end of the sleeve 13. A considerable space is left bet-Ween the face of the core and the inner edge of the said blade 18. This space maybe varied to accommodate the motorto the velocity of the stream in which it isinstalled. A second blade 19 is secured to the other arm 17 and extends about the core parallel, to that of the blade 18 and is extended beyond the end of the said core. ,.This extended end of the blade-is secured between the end of the sleeve Bend the nut 14; left between the innenedge of this blade 19 1 8 and 15) may be varied at'w between the blades and the water to pass tl1816l3l11 fOt1gl1' that t "will not be backed up by the motor to cause an- Secured to the arm '16, 1s a spiral blade 18 which is coiled about A space is v r ,7 and the core. The spaces between the blades l u'Ihe spaces" e allow the 1 eddy. In the latter case the eddy would of) course greatly interfere with the operation} of the motor in as much asthe full force" of the current would not strike the blades.

From the foregoing description it will be seentha tl have provided a water motor which is simple in construction and which may be readily installed.

particular embodiment of my invention it has merely been for'the sake of convenience and I do not. wish to be limited to that particular embodiment as it is-obvious that nu.

merous changes may be made in the details of constructionwithout departing from the spirit of the invention or Without exceeding the scope of the claims.

What I claim is 1. In a water motor, the combination with a rotary shaft, of a rotor mounted thereon, the said rotor including a score having a 'frusto-c onica1 portion and a hemi-spherical lVhile I have illustrated and described a portion, a pair of arms extending outwardlv in opposite directions from the heini. pheri.f cal portion and. spiral blades seeured to the arins and extending about the saitl core.

:2. In a \Yaterinot-or. ,the combination witha shaft, of a rotor mounted thereon. the said rotor including: a core-having: a pair of outyardly extending ar1n. ,-a blade secured to one of said arms and passing about thee-ore in a spiral path, a sleeve vinountedon the shaft.- the said bladebeing engaged with the shaft between the end of thesleeve and the adjacent end of the core. a second blade secured to the other of said arms and extending about the core and sleeve in a spiral 5 path and engaged inith the shaft at the other end of the sleeve and aunt adjustably mounted on the shaft to maintain the ends ofthe blades in place.

In testimony whereofi I afiix my signa- 20 EDWARD A. Dans. L. M. DILL. 

